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Keyboard connector (8296, internal & external)

Employed in: CBM 8296

Connector J5 is right on the PCB, while J13 is the external DB25 connector at the front.

Connection scheme

 +-----------------------------------------+
 | o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o   o |    (J5)
 +-----------------------------------------+
   A B C D E F H J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 
                                     0 1 2

 +------------------------------------------+
  \ 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1 /
   \                                      /    (J13)
    \25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 /
     +----------------------------------+

Signal description

  Pin (J5) | Pin (J13) | Signal      
  ---------+------------------
      A    |      1    | KIN 0
      B    |      2    | KIN 1
      C    |      3    | KIN 2
      D    |      4    | KIN 3
      E    |      5    | KIN 4
      F    |      6    | KIN 5
      H    |      7    | KIN 6
      J    |      8    | KIN 7
      1    |      9    | DEC 0
      2    |     10    | DEC 1
      3    |     11    | DEC 2
      4    |     12    | DEC 3
      5    |     13    | DEC 4
      6    |     14    | DEC 5
      7    |     15    | DEC 6
      8    |     16    | DEC 7
      9    |     17    | DEC 8
     10    |     18    | DEC 9
     11    |      -    | KEY
     12    |     20    | GND
      -    |     21    | N.C.
      -    |     22    | N.C.
      -    |     23    | N.C.
      -    |     24    | N.C.
      -    |     25    | N.C.

Note: All pictures show the plug side.

[1] CBM 8296, Nachtrag zum 8096 Handbuch, p.8

Updated: January 14th, 1998
Created: January 9th, 1998
Status : NOT VERIFIED!
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